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• Newsroom Today - Armando Bermudez

  

  2 days ago

  WHO, advisors urge China to release all COVID-related data

  jpost.com - By REUTERS

  The WHO and other scientists have also said they cannot rule out the possibility that the virus emerged from a high-security laboratory in Wuhan that …

• Newsroom Today - Armando Bermudez

  

  2 days ago

  WHO Accuses China of Withholding Data on Covid’s Origins

  The New York Times - Benjamin Mueller

  The World Health Organization rebuked Chinese officials on Friday for withholding research that may link Covid’s origin to wild animals, asking why the data had not been made available three years ago and why it is now missing. Before the Chinese data disappeared, an international team of virus …

• Newsroom Today - Armando Bermudez

  

  3 days ago

  COVID-19 could become 'just like flu' says World Health Organization chief

  Euronews

  The World Health Organization says the COVID-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu. The UN health …

• Newsroom Today - Armando Bermudez

  

  3 days ago

  Raccoon Dogs Likely Started COVID-19 Pandemic, New Genetic Analysis Shows

  The Daily Beast - AJ McDougall

  A new analysis of samples collected from a Wuhan seafood market has suggested for the first time a concrete link between some of the wild animals …

• Newsroom Today - Armando Bermudez

  

  3 days ago

  COVID-19 pill Paxlovid moves closer to full FDA approval

  Associated Press - Matthew Perrone

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid won another vote of confidence from U.S. health advisers Thursday, clearing the way for its full regulatory approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The medication has been used by millions of Americans since the FDA granted it emergency use …

• Newsroom Today - Armando Bermudez

  

  5 days ago

  Plan to make mRNA vaccines in developing countries needs U.S. funding, backers say

  The Washington Post - By Adam Taylor

  An earlier version of this article said the World Bank’s pandemic fund had raised $300 million. It has raised some $1.6 billion, with $300 million available for a first round of financing for pandemic preparedness efforts. The article has been corrected. For much of the coronavirus pandemic, poor …